Background
He was born in Zimbabwe, raised in Essex and lives in Kilburn, London.
Education
He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he received a Doctor of Philosophy in intellectual history.
Career
He has written journalism, particularly on sport and digital media, for many United Kingdom newspapers. His novel The Kilburn Social Club, about a Premiership football club run on idealistic principles in an alternative version of modern London, was published by Vintage in 2009 and widely reviewed. His comedy series Warhorses of Letters, co-written with Marie Phillips, has been recorded for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 starring Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby and Tamsin Greig and was first broadcast in October 2011.
Series 2 was broadcast at the end of 2012.
The book of the series is being crowd-funded through the Unbound platform.
